Detector for use in measurement of flow speed or flow rate of a fluid
US4434668A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 29, 1983 |
| Grant date | Mar 6, 1984 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 29, 2003 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01F1/3259
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A detector for use in measurement of flow speed or flow rate of a fluid, comprising a bluff body disposed in a pipe, detection elements provided in the groove of the bluff body for detecting Karman's vortex streets shed by the bluff body, and a fluid passage for introducing the fluid pressure change resulted in the pipe by the Karman's vortex streets to the detection elements.
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